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(More customer reviews)First of all the good news.The display and automatic panning on the Tom Tom 910 are second to none.It is MUCH more visible than the Garmin Nuvi 350 and the automatic panning works much better.The actual mapping algorithms seemed to be approximately the same in both units neither, insofar as I was able to determine, having much of an advantage over the other.Mapping details on both units are excellent.Bright light visibility is outstanding - much better than the Nuvi.
The unit, compared to the Nuvi 350 and 360 is considerably larger and more cumbersome.Additionally, the mounting solution on the Nuvi is slightly better than that on the 910 - more compact.The voice prompts are loud, clear and timely. The ease of use is just great (with the exception of the POI implementation) and the visibility and quality of the display are great.
The bad news:POI access is cumbersome and poorly implemented.Hopefully a firmware upgrade will fix this problem in the near future.As it stands now, you cannot enter the name of the POI that you wish to go to without going through an intervening category screen made even more cumbersome by the fact that you may guess the category wrong!Then, the POIs only come up in alphabetical order or by distance.For me, this particular deficiency was the deal breaker.Selecting a POI must be as simple as possible in a AIO (all in one) GPS navigation solution.There are so many capabilities that you give up in these simplified AIO solutions that they should perform their designated functions easily and efficiently.The Nuvi does this, the 910 does not.The nuvi allows you to search POIs by name. The TomTom 910 does not.
This device is intended as an extremely simple point to point navigating AIO GPS navigation solution and is not intended to enable the use of way points or easily changing the course selected by the unit. You have essentially two options: the shortest route and the fastest route. Fortunately, the mapping program selects routs that are very acceptable. Personally, I like to look at the overall route and fiddle with it. This unit is not designed for such use. Microsoft Streets and Trips is ideal for this kind of tinkering, but terrible for point to point navigation while on the go.
Make sure and get the most recent firmware updates on the Tom Tom website which will fix the known bugs and further improve the functionality.
I give this unit a 3 star on form (compared to the elegant Nuvi), a 4 star on the functionality for which it was designed, and a 5 star on the beautiful bright display. You will not be disappointed in the beautiful display, the automatic panning, the actual map functionality or the bright light performance.But the POI solution is cumbersome and frustrating.
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